Law enforcement officials believe Bartkus posted a rambling 30-minute audio recording online, where he claimed he never gave his parents permission to give birth to him. He also allegedly published writings with “anti-natalist,

Bartkus is believed to be the person who detonated a bomb at the Palm Springs American Reproductive Center, which offers services like IVF, because he was aligned with the pro-mortalist and anti-natalist movements—the idea that humans should not continue to procreate.

Federal investigators say the man responsible for a suicide bombing outside a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, had personal ties to Washington state.